Unit 1C is mainly to review some of the most important things (or at least very basic things) you learnt in Básico 1. If you want to review anything from Básico 1:
· suit: can be both for a man or a woman. It can be trousers and a jacket or a skirt and a jacket.
· store is US for shop, but now in the UK people use both shop and store.
· put on is used with individual items of clothes, e.g. put on your shoes, coat, etc. but get dressed = put on all your clothes.
Remember that plural words cannot be used with a, e.g. NOT a trousers. In that case use some, e.g. I bought some trousers / some shoes.
You may say a pair of with plural clothes words, e.g. a pair of glasses, a pair of shoes, a pair of trousers.
/ə/ Este sonido se llama schua y es el sonido más común en inglés. Suele producirse antes y después de sílabas acentuadas. La última sílaba -er siempre se pronuncia /ə/, e.g. computer /kəmˈpjuːtə(r)/
We live with friends at the moment because builders work on our house.
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We are living with friends at the moment because builders are working on our house.
When you describe a painting you use the present continuous because it is as if we were looking at a scene through a window and everything was happening right now.
Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy by David Hockney (1970-1971)
Description:
Hockney painted it between 1970 and 1971 and it is of the English fashion designer, Ossie Clark, and the textile designer and his then wife Celia Birtwell. It was painted just after the couple’s wedding. Celia Birtwell acted as Hockney’s muse and model for some time after this painting.
Ossie Clark is seated on a chair in a very relaxed posture and standing across from him his Celia Birtwell. I wonder if the fact that they are set so much apart was a reference to their independent careers and lives.
The setting itself is quite minimalistic and informal. In this painting we are aware that this is not a room of the poor. The book with the yellow cover makes an admirable contrast to the pale blue of the table. On the floor sits a white plastic 60’s telephone.
On the lap of Ossie Clark there is a white cat which according to the painting’s title is called Percy. Cats were also symbols of infidelity and envy and if we are to believe rumours of the time Clarke was bisexual and had many affairs which eventually lead to the break-up of their marriage three years later in 1974.
On the table we see a vase of white lilies and these flowers symbolise female purity. At the time of the painting Celia Birtwell was pregnant.
Table of Contents
If you want to review anything from Básico 1:
1. VOCABULARY
CLOTHES VOCABULARY:
You can review the vocabulary you learnt in Básico 1 click here: CLOTHES - Unit 5 Básico 1
(pañal / -es)
· swimming costume(s)
· bathing costume(s) (very formal)
pants
(USA pantalones)
(camisetas sin mangas)
sweater(s) (USA)
Made from wool or cotton that has sleeves and does not open at the front.
· nightie / -ty (-ies)
(camisón) (very colloquial)
(bragas)
panties (USA bragas)
(bata)
(media navideña)
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· pants (USA pantalones)
· knikers (Brit. bragas)
· panties (USA bragas)
See the pictures of this vocabulary: http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/clothes.htm
· suit: can be both for a man or a woman. It can be trousers and a jacket or a skirt and a jacket.
· store is US for shop, but now in the UK people use both shop and store.
· put on is used with individual items of clothes, e.g. put on your shoes, coat, etc. but get dressed = put on all your clothes.
Remember that plural words cannot be used with a, e.g. NOT a trousers. In that case use some, e.g. I bought some trousers / some shoes.
You may say a pair of with plural clothes words, e.g. a pair of glasses, a pair of shoes, a pair of trousers.
DESCRIBING CLOTHES:
Do the quiz:
2. PRONUNCIATION
You learnt this sound in: Básico 1 - Unit 1B
/ə/ Este sonido se llama schua y es el sonido más común en inglés. Suele producirse antes y después de sílabas acentuadas. La última sílaba -er siempre se pronuncia /ə/, e.g. computer /kəmˈpjuːtə(r)/
You learnt this sound in: Básico 1 - Unit 3B
/ɜ:/ is a longer version of the /ə/ sound.
/ɜ:/ = word, work, world.
3. GRAMMAR
PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
You learnt the present continuous in: Básico 1 - Unit 5B
Typical mistake:
When you describe a painting you use the present continuous because it is as if we were looking at a scene through a window and everything was happening right now.
Remember the use of:
- They are thinking about going on a cruise. (action)
· emotions: admire, like, dislike, love, hate, prefer, look like, need, want...
· the senses: feel, hear, smell, ...
· possession: have, possess, ...
- Do you think we should have lunch in the hotel? (opinion / non-action)
Activities: Say what these people are doing 1; Say what these people are doing 2; Say what these people are doing 3.
Activities: Complete these sentences with a Pres Cont 1;
Activities for PRESENT SIMPLE + (.pdf):
· Present Continuous + 15
· Present Continuous + 16
· Present Continuous + 17
· Present Continuous + 18
· Present Continuous + 19
· Present Continuous + 20
· Present Continuous + 21
· Present Continuous + 22
· Present Continuous + 23 REVIEW
· Present Simple and Present Continuous 24
· Present Simple and Present Continuous 25
· Present Simple and Present Continuous 26 REVIEW
· ANSWER KEY (15 - 26)
Adding -ing / -ed:
4. LISTENING
Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy by David Hockney (1970-1971)
Description:
Hockney painted it between 1970 and 1971 and it is of the English fashion designer, Ossie Clark, and the textile designer and his then wife Celia Birtwell. It was painted just after the couple’s wedding. Celia Birtwell acted as Hockney’s muse and model for some time after this painting.
Ossie Clark is seated on a chair in a very relaxed posture and standing across from him his Celia Birtwell. I wonder if the fact that they are set so much apart was a reference to their independent careers and lives.
The setting itself is quite minimalistic and informal. In this painting we are aware that this is not a room of the poor. The book with the yellow cover makes an admirable contrast to the pale blue of the table. On the floor sits a white plastic 60’s telephone.
On the lap of Ossie Clark there is a white cat which according to the painting’s title is called Percy. Cats were also symbols of infidelity and envy and if we are to believe rumours of the time Clarke was bisexual and had many affairs which eventually lead to the break-up of their marriage three years later in 1974.
On the table we see a vase of white lilies and these flowers symbolise female purity. At the time of the painting Celia Birtwell was pregnant.
Taken from: http://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/mr-and-mrs-clark-and-percy-by-david-hockney/
Do the quiz:
Do the quiz:
5. VOCABULARY
Prepositions of place:
If you want to review some prepositions you learnt in Básico 1, click on the picture:
A is in front of B
A is opposite B
in = inside an enclosed space, e.g. in a drawer.
on = touching an external surface, e.g. on the wall, on the table.
2 dimension / 3 dimension picture:
6. SPEAKING
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